SAS Output

US Imports of Steel Mill Products
FOR Sheets Hot Rolled -- S
Quantity in Metric Tons
Same Table - US Dollars		Same Table - Average Unit Value
'C & A' = Carbon and Alloy products, 'S' = Stainless products

Graph	Country	Census Data													Preliminary Census Data	License Data
		OCT07	NOV07	DEC07	JAN08	FEB08	MAR08	APR08	MAY08	JUN08	JUL08	AUG08	SEP08	OCT08	NOV08	NOV08	DEC08
M	WORLD	1,579	1,838	2,059	1,381	2,044	4,220	2,813	3,861	2,273	2,095	3,123	2,285	2,737	2,203	1,969	1,926
M	JAPAN	471.1	847.9	698.3	893.6	1,007	1,076	1,483	1,643	1,426	1,242	1,384	1,076	1,705	1,138	943.5	1,418
M	SOUTH AFRICA	804.9	207.2	926.6	129.0	537.2	1,356	311.9	1,528	397.8	131.7	1,154	615.5	548.2	652.4	727.7	48.0
M	CHINA	49.5	576.4	82.5	76.6	12.6	355.8	543.0	221.5	266.8	434.3	491.7	449.3	216.0	189.5	51.3	152.7
M	SWEDEN	20.5	.	19.4	.	15.9	.	0.56	40.7	2.87	12.1	.	18.9	35.4	61.7	61.8	22.8
M	FRANCE	.	10.9	10.5	.	.	.	.	64.8	.	30.7	30.1	6.27	.	108.1	108.1	123.6
M	BELGIUM	74.5	9.08	0.24	.	14.6	72.7	36.4	.	0.99	14.2	.	1.06	77.6	.	.	.
M	TAIWAN	17.6	35.9	5.49	28.9	4.70	4.74	41.8	2.26	.	6.52	3.99	1.39	75.6	0.49	21.9	.
M	GERMANY	17.7	54.6	163.0	205.6	108.9	323.9	256.5	152.7	21.6	14.3	.	74.4	2.09	.	2.17	2.21
M	CANADA	.	.	2.59	0.46	12.1	41.1	89.0	2.13	54.8	.	.	27.2	.	47.4	47.1	133.3
M	ITALY	39.9	69.4	25.6	12.2	29.3	107.9	48.0	133.0	59.0	20.4	12.0	8.46	35.2	5.31	5.55	0.32
M	FINLAND	45.4	.	.	34.6	127.7	44.9	.	46.8	19.7	11.4	.	.	23.5	.	.	.
M	BRAZIL	.	20.4	.	.	11.3	24.8	.	.	.	46.5	.	.	15.8	.	.	.
M	AUSTRIA	1.48	4.37	7.81	.	3.27	4.36	.	0.73	4.42	1.87	3.49	2.08	2.30	.	.	1.94
M	MEXICO	.	0.73	.	.	.	15.0	.	.	.	2.13	.	3.68	.	.	.	6.09
M	INDIA	.	.	.	.	23.0	.	2.26	.	18.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	IRELAND	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	0.09	.
M	KOREA	29.2	.	.	.	.	.	.	24.2	.	7.54	4.80	.	.	.	.	.
M	SLOVENIA	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	4.80	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	SPAIN	.	0.88	16.8	.	.	791.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
M	THAILAND	.	.	99.7	.	121.6	.	.	.	.	84.2	28.4	.	.	.	.	.
M	UNITED KINGDOM	7.77	.	.	.	14.1	.	.	.	.	29.7	10.7	.	.	.	.	16.9

SOURCE: US Department of Commerce, Import Administration

Table last modified on: January 6, 2009, with

Licensing data collected through January 6, 2009 and

Preliminary Census data compiled through November 2008

Data listed in order of descending volume imported during last THREE months of Census data, including peliminary data

Steel mill categories are defined by 10-digit HTS codes

Data extracted from the import licenses are not official Census data